Pronouncing Dictionary of Musical Terms

How to say it as well as what it means: every Italian, German and French musical term of 1896, respelled phonetically for the student.

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Petto (It.)

Chest.

Peu à peu (Fr.). (This sound cannot be reproduced in English; it resembles oo, but is not so broad.) Little by little; by degrees.

Pezzi (It.) (pet-see).

Pieces.

Pezzi concertanti. (1) Concerted pieces. (2) A "number" of an opera, concert, etc.

Pezzi di bravura (bra-voo-ra). Showy, brilliant pieces.

Perkins, Chas. C. Author, etc.; first president of Boston Händel and Haydn Society; U. S. A. B. 1823; d. 1886.

Perkins, J. E. B. Vocalist; U. S. A. B. 1845; d. 1875.

Peschka-Leutner, Minna (pesh'-ka-loit'ner). Soprano; Austria. B. 1839; d. 1890. Petersilea, Carlyle. Pianist; U. S. A. B. 1848; d. 1903. - PEZZO

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